Archive for missing

Mom Had Peruvian Government Track Down Son After He Stopped Facebooking

Monday, March 4th, 2013

Parents worry, it’s just in their nature to. Once you have a child, you’re always going to worry about them, no matter how old they are, right? After a California couple vacationing in Peru went off of the grid and hadn’t communicated with their families in over a month, one mom took action. Garrett Hand ... read more »

Missing teen, forced to have kidnapper’s baby, escapes after two years in captivity

Friday, August 24th, 2012

After first being reported missing over two years ago, a Washington Park, Illinois, teen escaped from the home where she was allegedly being held by a man and his mother. The girl, who was 15 when she disappeared, was reported as a missing or runaway juvenile in April 2010, by St. Louis, Missouri, police. According to ... read more »

Two Iowa girls missing since Friday — no leads, say police

Monday, July 16th, 2012

Elizabeth Collins, 8, and her cousin, Lyric Cook, 10, went for a bike ride in Evansdale, Iowa on Friday at around noon. They haven’t been seen since. The girls were reported missing when they failed to come back from their bike ride after three hours. Police found the girls’ bikes and a purse they had ... read more »

Missing 6-year-old girl found dead in canal

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

Sierra Newbold, a 6-year-old West Jordan, Utah girl who went missing Tuesday morning was found dead that same day in a canal near her home. She had been sexually assaulted. Chief of Police Doug Diamond said, ”our highest priority now is to identify, arrest, and successfully prosecute the person or persons responsible for this crime. I ... read more »

Boy, 5, awaiting heart transplant, abducted from hospital – FOUND

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

KSDK NBC reports that a boy who was allegedly kidnapped from a St. Louis hospital while awaiting a heart transplant was located near Chicago early Wednesday. His father and grandmother have been taken into custody. Police found 5-year-old Porter Stone with his father, Jeffrey Stone, and grandmother Rhonda Marie Matthews, in Alsip, Illinois.  KSDK reports that the Amber ... read more »

6-year-old girl missing in Arizona

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

A six-year-old girl was reported missing from her Tucson, Arizona on Saturday morning. Isabel Mercedes Celis was last seen when her parent put her to sleep at their home on the 5600 block of  East 12th Street at 11 p.m.. When her father woke up at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, she was not there.The family called ... read more »

Missing Illinois woman and sons found alive

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Laurie May, a former LaGrange Highlands, Illinois teacher, and her three sons were reported missing on February 16th after May had a late night verbal altercation with her fiance. It was believed that she had fled the state with Destiny Gruba, a former student of hers. It was also believed that Laurie drove down to ... read more »

Vanished into thin air

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

UPDATE 2: Sole plane crash survivor, 12 year old Francesca Lewis, is said to be doing well and was walking around when rescue teams located her. ———————————————– UPDATE 1: Victims found, one survives. The father and daughter, age 13, on vacation in Panama have parished in a plane crash while the girl’s friend, 12 year ... read more »

Toddler goes missing from Utah campsite/UPDATE: FOUND

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

A mother’s worst nightmare… KAMAS, Utah — A 3-year-old boy who wandered from his family’s campsite was missing today in the Uinta Mountains. The boy disappeared this morning (about 8.30 MDT) in a remote, rugged area of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, about 60 miles east of Salt Lake City. His mother drove several miles to ... read more »